(Fatherland) - On the evening of December 27, in Ung Hoa district (Hanoi), the opening ceremony of the Hanoi tourism promotion program: "Ung Hoa - Suburban heritage area" took place.
The program is chaired by the Hanoi Department of Tourism, in coordination with the People's Committee of Ung Hoa district, with the goal of building and promoting tourist destinations, unique tourist products associated with cultural values, heritage, relics and craft villages in Ung Hoa district in particular and Hanoi city in general. In particular, improving the quality of destinations and developing tourist products associated with historical and cultural values, heritage and developing new tourist routes, building and developing the tourism product of Quang Phu Cau incense stick craft village, gradually affirming Ung Hoa's position as a tourist destination in the South of the city.
Launching the website "Ung Hoa - suburban heritage land"
In addition, the program also aims to promote the implementation of the "South Thang Long Heritage Road" tourist route (Hanoi Center - Thanh Oai - Ung Hoa - My Duc) to introduce more about the unique culture of the region to tourists, while creating a premise for travel businesses to exploit together to continue connecting with other service providers to form more new tours and routes with more appeal.
The program "Ung Hoa - Suburban Heritage Area" will take place for 3 days from December 27 to December 29 in Van Dinh town, Ung Hoa district with many notable experiential activities such as sewing Ao Dai for 0 VND to introduce and promote traditional tailoring skills to tourists; visiting and experiencing at exhibition spaces with booths introducing traditional handicraft products, OCOP, cuisine ... associated with tourism of Ung Hoa, and other localities.
Through the program, the Capital Tourism Department hopes that in the coming time, Ung Hoa tourism as well as suburban districts will have many new and innovative tourism products, contributing to promoting the tourism image of "Hanoi - Come to love" to attract more and more tourists to Hanoi, building the image of Hanoi tourism as a "Safe - friendly - quality - attractive" destination to meet the development requirements in the new situation, affirming the capital Hanoi as a leading city tourism destination in the world.
Ms. Dang Huong Giang, Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism, spoke at the opening ceremony.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms. Dang Huong Giang, Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism, said that Hanoi tourism in general and Ung Hoa district in particular are in the process of strong transformation, with the goal of sustainable development, associated with preserving cultural heritage, improving service quality and bringing economic value to the community.
In particular, Ung Hoa district, with its central location on the "South Thang Long Heritage Road" tourist route, the tourist service center of the "Hanoi - Huong Son - Tam Chuc - Bai Dinh" tourist route, has many beautiful natural landscapes, long-standing historical and cultural relics and unique traditional festivals, and will certainly be an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists.
"In the coming time, the Capital Tourism hopes to continue to receive close guidance from the City's leaders, support from districts, towns, people and tourists so that tourism continues to be a bright spot in the overall picture of socio-economic development of the Capital and the whole country" - Ms. Dang Huong Giang emphasized.
Continue to target suburban tourism products
Within the framework of the Opening Ceremony, the Organizing Committee announced and awarded the decision to recognize the Quang Phu Cau incense stick craft village as a tourist destination and the decision to recognize the Trach Xa sewing craft village as an intangible cultural heritage.
Handing over the decision to recognize the Quang Phu Cau incense stick craft village as a tourist destination (right) and handing over the decision to recognize the Trach Xa sewing craft village as an intangible cultural heritage (left)
Trach Xa tailoring village (Hoa Lam commune, Ung Hoa district) is known as the "cradle" of traditional Ao Dai with a history of more than 1000 years. Trach Xa tailoring has been included in the list of National Intangible Cultural Heritage (according to Decision 369 dated February 21, 2024 of the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism).
Meanwhile, the incense stick craft village of Quang Phu Cau has a history of making incense sticks that is over 100 years old, and has been oriented to develop into a tourist destination of the City. Currently, it has been put into service for tourists, especially the tourism program "Quang Phu Cau - Life and Color" (Quang Phu Cau - The Life and Color) has attracted a large number of tourists to participate, creating a new image of Ung Hoa tourism.
Tourists visit and experience craft villages in Ung Hoa
According to Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh, Deputy Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism, Ung Hoa district is a rural area with many heritages, historical and cultural identities and unique craft villages. Through the Hanoi tourism promotion program: "Ung Hoa - Suburban heritage area" will contribute to preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage, thereby creating conditions for exploiting and sharing historical and cultural values, craft villages, making Ung Hoa an attractive tourist destination, attracting domestic and foreign tourists.
"During the event, we announced the decision to recognize the Trach Xa sewing village as an intangible cultural heritage. We wear ao dai a lot but rarely learn about its origin. Through this event, we want to introduce to the public the cradle and origin of ao dai originating from Trach Xa sewing village" - Mr. Nguyen Hong Minh shared.
In addition, Mr. Hong Minh added that the decision to recognize the Quang Phu Cau incense stick craft village as a tourist destination is expected to connect the three districts of My Duc, Thanh Oai, and Ung Hoa, promoting the implementation of the "Nam Thang Long Heritage Road" tourist route, thereby helping to connect more widely between the capital Hanoi and neighboring provinces.
In the coming time, Hanoi Department of Tourism will continue to focus on suburban tourism products, promote craft village products, culture, experiential tourism... to spread the unique beauty of each suburban area of Hanoi.
Source: https://toquoc.vn/ung-hoa-mien-di-san-ngoai-do-phat-huy-the-manh-doc-dao-vung-ngoai-do-ha-noi-20241228015222806.htm
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